How should I do my drain???

[Donzi4me]

Local code here does NOT allow a drain in the garage to be hooked up to the sewer. I can understand that. But they also do not allow a drain to be installed to the yard as run off either. If I put any drain holes thru the wall, it must be filled with concrete before it will pass final.
So my plan is to install a few drains and drain them to a sump pump basin. Then after the final, I'll punch a hole thru the wall and drop in a sump pump. This is only for washing cars and snow meltoff. A contained system the way I see it.
Any thoughts on this...

 

[TOMWELDS]

Where will the sump take it?

 

[Donzi4me]

Out into the yard. This is what I wanted to plumb for, but won't pass final. So I figure I would just have it drain to the sump pit and it looks like a contained drain. Weeks after the final is when I'll punch the hole thru the wall. Like I said, only for washing cars in the winter and snow melt.

So the waste water is the same, just I'm in the garage where it's warm.

 

[Satatic]

Thats a stupid code. Here a drain in the garage must run to septic/sewer.

 

[Donzi4me]

Thats a stupid code. Here a drain in the garage must run to septic/sewer.

It can run to the sewer, but it must have a gas & oil seperator. Which is alot of $$$. They even check to make sure the gutters are not hooked up to the sewer.

 

[Stuart in MN]

The thing is, it doesn't take very much oil or gasoline at all to contaminate the earth and groundwater, so trying to get around using a separator or trap isn't a very safe idea... Besides the environmental reasons, the local government and/or the epa can inflict some pretty steep fines if they find out about such a system. Here's a link to a fact sheet about oil traps for floor drains: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/waste/pubs/4_18.pdf